stay away from drugs

Alexa 2022-03-21 09:02:25

The story itself is very bland, but the purpose of the director and the main creator should have been achieved. It is indeed a propaganda film that exhorts people to stay away from drugs, and has a great impact on the living conditions of drug addicts themselves, their families, and those who have lost their loved ones because of drugs. Sadness is portrayed very well. The film does not attempt to explore why Nic was addicted to drugs in the first place. Although it is somewhat conjecture when portraying the father-son relationship from childhood to adulthood, the film does not show it as an important content, so that the audience can Looking forward to a clear answer in the end, it seems that with the answer, the problem can be solved, and even the problem can be avoided in the future. But sometimes, a lot of things in life can't be traced back to the cause, it just happens, you don't know why it happened, and you don't know why you made that choice at the moment it happened, but it just happened , and then become a state that haunts you for a long time, you don't know when you can get rid of it, or whether you can get rid of it, just like you don't know how it came from, you can't explain its existence, And - at best - its departure.

This movie does not want to answer any questions, nor does it want to promise that the problem can be solved. The director just wants to show the urgency of the problem from all angles and let the public know about drug addicts. In addition to such a label, it is also Ordinary people, they may just be unable to get rid of drug addiction, not wanting, not willing to fall, and at the same time, what kind of pain their families are suffering, what kind of choices they are facing, these are things we avoid talking about - they need more help. But at the same time, Nic has repeatedly failed to live up to the efforts of his parents and kept relapsing also tells us that everyone needs help, but after all, life is a battlefield alone, no one can be someone's redemption, no matter how much love and dedication Neither...

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  • David Sheff: There are moments that I look at him, this kid that I raised, who I thought I knew inside and out, and I wonder who he is. He's been doing all sorts of drugs, but he's addicted to crystal meth, which seems, uh, to be the worst of all of them. And I guess I'm here because I just want to know all that I can about all of it. Know your enemies, right? So, my two big questions are, what is it doing to him, and what can I do to help him?

  • Nic Sheff: One day, I tried methamphetamine... Yeah. That felt good... and I thought, "This is what's been missing." I felt complete. Today's a good day. Yeah, I've been chasing that high ever since. No matter... how much meth... or whatever else I can find to shoot up into my body... I do, it's never enough. And I went to a couple of rehabs, I detoxed, they would talk about disease, sure, but... it never clicked. Until one day I woke up in a hospital and someone asked me, "What's your problem?" And I said, "I'm an alcoholic and an addict." And he said..."No, that's how you've been treating your problem."I know now I need to find a way to fill this big black hole in me. Anyway, so I'm fourteen months clean. I have a job at a rehab. It's fulfilling to help other people get sober. I have a sponsor, Spencer. He shows me how great my life can be sober. And, um, I still have family. My mom's been amazing. My dad's been amazing, too. I want them to be proud of me.